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PennyS

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« on: July 01, 2010, 07:12 »
I realise that as this is my first year of veg gardening on anything other than a patch, I'm going to make a lot of mistakes...

First big mistake - I didn't stake my peas strongly enough.  I  just used some curly hazel prunings and clearly didn't put enough in. Went up to the lotty yesterday after having done quite a big picking on Sunday and found the peas were so laden the whole row had fallen over.   Quick rush around to find anything that would stake them up and then a major pea pick. 

Luckily they are yummy (Waverex) so not a problem having lots.  It's only a shortish row but I sowed them really thickly expecting low germination and they proved me wrong.
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Next year I will stake them like I do my broad beans - a la DD....
Lotty holder since Aug 09... I've FINALLY finished clearing it! On with the p.lanting  ....

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Jamie Butterworth

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Re: Oops!
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2010, 07:35 »
Oh dear, at least you got to get a good crop off them :) And at least you can learn from this mistake for next year :)
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2010, 08:26 »
i wouldnt wory too much about mistakes we all make them ive done the same thing with peas and toms this year not thinking about how heavy they would be when they grew

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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2010, 08:45 »
I reckon if you started a thread of the 'Year's biggest mistake', yours would be a fairly low level boo-boo. We all make them (me more than most)



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